Volvo Car Corporation

Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Björn Scherdin

Lars Johan Stenvall

Klas Persson

Patrik Larsson

Per-Gunnar Björck

Michael Larsson

A vehicle battery assembly utilizing side cooling plates. This battery assembly avoids a stacked vertical battery and cooling plate or pack arrangement, optimizes tunnel (and other) space utilization, minimizes battery assembly intrusion into the passenger compartment of the associated vehicle, and allows seat position height to be as low as possible within the passenger compartment of the associated vehicle, while still allowing vertical access to the access points and electrical contacts of the battery modules within the battery assembly. Further, such battery assembly is compatible with conventional and novel cooling pipe configurations and cooling systems.

Vehicle battery assembly utilizing side cooling plates

A vehicle charging interface unit for connecting a battery unit of a vehicle to a charging cable, the charging interface unit comprising a connection device establishing electric connection between the charging interface unit and the battery unit and two or more connectors for connecting the charging cable to the charging interface unit, wherein the charging interface unit further comprises a mechanical blocking device, configured to allow access to only one of the two or more connectors.

Vehicle charging interface unit, a system for charging a vehicle, and a vehicle

A drive system and an interconnection unit are provided for an all wheel drive vehicle. The drive system includes, but is not limited to a power take-off unit, a propshaft and a rear drive module. The power take-off unit being adapted to be attached to a vehicle's powertrain, and the propshaft being adapted to transmit drive to the rear drive module. The propshaft and the power take-off unit are connected by a joint for transmitting drive force from the power take-off unit to the propshaft, and the joint between the power take-off unit and the propshaft includes, but is not limited to a female-male engagement. The female and male engagement portions are non-rotatable in relation to each other when the joint is engaged.

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Trollhättan, Sweden

Björn Scherdin